Brandeis University's Jews of the America's Fellowship has prepared me to explore themes of migration, the environment, and the arrival of my Italian and German grandparents to Brazil.
JWA sat down with Cindy Rowe, the CEO of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, to discuss the organization and its work in our current political moment.
For the last of our summer re-releases, we're taking you back to an episode from 2017 about mah jongg, an ancient Chinese table game that’s embedded in Jewish culture.
In this special summer episode, Judith, Nahanni, and Jen each share something they've read, watched, or listened to this summer that Can We Talk? listeners will love.
While the podcast is on summer hiatus, we're listening back to some of our favorite Can We Talk? episodes. This time, an episode from 2021 about Moroccan Israeli singer Zohra El Fassia.
JWA chats with multidisciplinary artist Evie Metz about recurring motifs in her work, making the familiar unfamiliar, and 613, her new five-foot-tall pomegranate sculpture.
While the podcast is on summer hiatus, we're listening back to some of our favorite Can We Talk? episodes. First up, an episode from 2022 all about the word yenta: where it came from, what people think of it, and how its meaning changed over time. Enjoy!